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Mild-mannered Vidya Balan is livid over questions being raised about her pairing with Shahid Kapur in Aziz Mirza's latest production for which she's currently shooting abroad. "Who says I look incompatible with Shahid Kapur? People are raising questions on our on-screen compatibility. All I'll say is wait and see," Vidya told IANS.

The John Abraham-Deepa Mehta mutual fan club now threatens to spill over into several films. After Oscar nominated "Water", the NRI director had signed him to play a pivotal role in "Exclusion", which has now been put on hold, and a mainstream Hollywood film "Luna".

Sony Pictures Entertainment and Eros International plc announced Wednesday that they would jointly develop, produce and acquire multiple Bollywood films and distribute them in various parts of the world. Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corp of America, is expected to distribute some of the titles in the US. Eros will use its wide infrastructure to distribute the films in other international territories.

Bollywood actress and social activist Shabana Azmi will join several eminent activists from across the world at the UN headquarters in New York, Sep 22-26, to plead for food for the entire globe.

Rituparno Ghosh has never been happier. His entire "Last Lear" team had a picnic in Toronto. "All of us from the 'Last Lear' team were completely cut off from the festival crowd because we were put up at the Royal York because Amit-da (Amitabh Bachchan) wanted to stay there. But there was stunning solidarity among us," Ghosh said.

"Who says I look incompatible with Shahid Kapur?" Vidya protested about her pairing in Aziz Mirza's latest which she's currently shooting abroad. "People are raising the question of our on-screen compatibility. All I'll say is, wait and see," said Vidya.

Though he has written off the debacle, Tusshar Kapoor attributes the non-performance of "Aggar" at the box office to poor publicity. "Normally the poor publicity of a film is attributed to the stars who don't give dates for pre-release campaigning. But I was more than willing to dole out dates for the publicity. Those dates went perpetually waste," Tusshar told IANS.

"Manorama Six Feet Under" is debutant director Navdeep Singh's homage to the 'noir' genre. Releasing Friday, the film is about a small town amateur detective who finds himself caught in a web of lies, deceit and murder.

Lots of characters colliding with one another in a chaotic situation is a regular feature in a Priyadarshan comedy and his latest offering "Dhol", releasing Friday, about four friends trying to become wealthy by marrying a rich girl is no different.

After two decades Naseeruddin Shah teamed up with his oldest colleague and accomplished actress Shabana Azmi for a Rohit Roy directed short film titled "Rice Plate" and said it was fun shooting despite the fact that he didn't have too many dialogues in the film.